Back, after 14 years Options

[Shadan]

Hi there!

I haven't been here in last 14 years... I've just completed BG3 on tactical with vengeance paladin, and old NPCs in BG3 (like Jaheira, Minsc and Viconia (sadly I had to kill Viconia ) brought back my memories about BG2 and great IA times, so thanks to a sudden urge, I searched on internet and was suprised to see IA is still living and V7 came out, and compatible with EE.
I am thinking on relearning game again, and playing 1-2 IA runs... I have lot of time nowadays...
I've tried to remember what kind of parties did I have in old times.
I remember my start with IA V3.2, gnome F/I protagonist, blade bard (or Hear'Dalis) with his incredible spin, inquisitor with insane dispel (all 3 were nerfed later), usual B->Cleric etc.
I don't really remember to my other runs, just as a V6 playtester I played with necro protagonist and Cernd was my main healer instead of usual R or B -> Cleric.
My last V6 run was melee heavy party: vagrant protagonist, riskbreaker, berserker, swashie, usual R->Cleric, Necro.
As far as I remember, sorcerer, or double sorcerer were also great in the team.

Now, I see in V7 some other NPCs and suclasses are buffed, rebalanced. I am a little clueless about protagonist and party composition. As far as I see new rog NPC is good, also Mazzy is buffed to hell. So any recommendation is welcome on this topic (and on weapon proficiencies).

I am still playing my 2nd BG3 run (honor mode, but more than 1 save ) with a bard. When I finished this, maybe I start an IA run. Nowadays I have less patience, and I am getting bored in things easily, so I am not sure if I will have a strength and patience for IA, but I will see it.

Cheers,
Shadan

[Shadan]

Tanks Critto! It seems either the rollback to 2.5 or the perfectly working IA Tweaks solved the problem.
However I was not able to install EoU beacuse it missed dialog.tlk from BG EE directory, so I used TA again.

My party is forming:
Avanger
Sibel dualled to cleric
Imoen RB
Mazzy
Yoshi as kensai
Neera as wild mage

I would like to include a sorcerer but I don want custom this time and sadly Nalia can't be sorcerer neither wild mage.
Maybe I will change Neera to sorcerer, get Nalia as mage, and skip Mazzi or Yoshi.

Another question: Should I play EE on core, shouldn't I? No need on normal, and not possible on herder than core?

This post has been edited by Shadan: Dec 19 2024, 06:18 PM

[pekkae]

Tanks Critto! It seems either the rollback to 2.5 or the perfectly working IA Tweaks solved the problem.
However I was not able to install EoU beacuse it missed dialog.tlk from BG EE directory, so I used TA again.

My party is forming:
Avanger
Sibel dualled to cleric
Imoen RB
Mazzy
Yoshi as kensai
Neera as wild mage

I would like to include a sorcerer but I don want custom this time and sadly Nalia can't be sorcerer neither wild mage.
Maybe I will change Neera to sorcerer, get Nalia as mage, and skip Mazzi or Yoshi.

Another question: Should I play EE on core, shouldn't I? No need on normal, and not possible on herder than core?

Imoen the RB makes sense to me (I think it was available in IAtweaks). Then you just use Yoshimo and then swap her for Imoen once Yoshimo is gone and Imoen re-appears. That should work. If your Kensai is 2h specialist, it's also nice that you can start to use the RB after it gets some improved abilities, which should be available when you hit spellhold maze. And you don't need to be that careful, especially on lower difficulty levels. The Kensai plays nicely through the start, but you need to use positioning quite a lot where 2H weapons help a lot.

If you have Neera the WM you could then just take Nalia the F/M, that gives you (almost) two full casters with nice casting time bonuses and some effective H2H as well (Give Nalia e.g. 5* in 2H Sword), Neera with golem slayer etc. Then Neera can also Wish properly (Nalia can't). That gives you 5 characters who can dish out a lot of damage in H2H with 2 full casters. You should be able to punch through, without that much trouble. Sibel can also heal through mass cure (it's instant) + club (every now and then).

Avenger PC is superbly strong, with the improved equipment is very effective + CS is about the best summon in the game.

This post has been edited by pekkae: Dec 19 2024, 11:27 PM